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18 You have certainly set them in slippery places;
    you will make them fall to their ruin.

19 How desolate they quickly become,
    completely destroyed by calamities.
20 Like a dream when one awakens, Lord,
    you will despise their image when you arise.

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18 Surely you place them on slippery ground;(A)
    you cast them down to ruin.(B)
19 How suddenly(C) are they destroyed,
    completely swept away(D) by terrors!
20 They are like a dream(E) when one awakes;(F)
    when you arise, Lord,
    you will despise them as fantasies.(G)

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